Sweater



Patented Oct. 12, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in knitted sweaters and relates to sweaters of the pullover type and coat type.

Sweaters of the types to which this invention relates comprise a body portion, the front and back portions of which are knit integrally except along lines extending from the base of the neck to the points of the shoulders, along which the front and back members are secured together by a seam. Such sweaters are usually provided with a narrow collar member usually formed of a double ply of material knitted with a tighter stitch, or from finer count yarn than is the body portion.

Heretofore sweaters of the type indicated have readily lost shape in wearing due to the results of strain imposed on the seams by which the front and back portions are secured together along lines extending from the base of the neck to the points of the shoulder, and such effect of wearing occurs despite the provision of various seam structures and of reinforced seams.

Again, where a seam structure such as to be resistant to a substantial degree to strain of wear in order to minimize loss of shape is used, there is a consequent loss of flexibility in the garment as a whole, the fit of the collar in wear is negatively affected and restriction is imposed upon the flexibility of the shoulder portions and portions of the garment adjacent thereto with respect to the collar and the sleeves.

Now in accordance with this invention a sweater is provided in which the shoulder seams are constructed and reinforced in a manner such as to substantially wholly negative any loss of shape of the garment due to strain imposed on the shoulder seams in wear and, at the same time, in a manner such that the flexibility of the garment as a whole and of the shoulder portions and portions adjacent thereto is substantially unaffected so that the shape of the garment and its fit will be maintained.

Having now indicated in a general way the nature and purpose of this invention, I will proceed to a detailed description thereof with reference to the accompanying drawing by which a preferred embodiment is illustrated and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a sweater, of the pullover type, embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the sweater shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the shoulder seams of the sweater shown in Figures 1 In the drawing it indicates the front member, b the back member, 0 the sleeve and d the collar of a knitted sweater. The front and back portions of the sweater are formed along lines extending from the neck to the points of the shoulders by seams, which include a resilient reinforcing member and the construction of which is more particularly shown in Figures 3 and 4.

Referring more particularly to Figures 3 and 4, the front and back members are brought together along lines extending from the neck to the shoulder and stitched together by a line of stitching e spaced from the edges of the members, the stitching e also acting to secure to the member b a resilient reinforcing member 7. The reinforcing member I, which may be conveniently a strip of elastic material, is secured adjacent one of its edges only and, extending from the neck to the point of the shoulder, lies along the edge portion of the member b as shown in Figure 3.

The free edges of the members a; and b will de- L sirably, though not necessarily, be stitched together, by stitching g and are laid over and secured adjacent their edges to the member b, by a line of stitching h, thus enclosing the resilient reinforcing member 1, leaving it, however, free except for the stitching e by which it is secured from end to end along one of its edges to the member b, as shown in Figure 4.

The collar (2 and sleeves c are secured to the sweater in any usual or desired manner, as by seams i and respectively, and desirably, though not necessarily, the ends of the resilient reinforcing member I will be secured respectively to the collar as at a: and to the sleeves at the points of the shoulders, as at y.

The sweater in accordance with this invention will be readily and economically produced and will be of exceptional efficiency from the standpoint of resistance to strain and distortion in wear due to its novel structure, more particularly. residing in the seam structure extending from the collar to the points of the shoulders and including the resilient reinforcing strips 1 and the particular manner of their inclusion.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A sweater comprising a body having front and back members and a neck and arm openings, seams joining the front and back members on lines extending from the neck opening to the arm openings, said seams respectively comprising a line of stitching securing the front and back members, a resilient reinforcing member extending the length of the seam and secured by said line of stitching along one of its edges only to one of said members and a second line of stitching securing said members together and to one of said members in folded relation overlying said resilient reinforcing member.

2. A sweater comprising a body having front and back members and a. neck and arm openings, a collar secured to the body about the neck opening, sleeves secured to the body about the arm openings, seams joining the front and back members on lines extending from the neck opening to the arm openings, said seams respectively comprising a line of stitching securing the front and back members, an elastic strip extending the length of the seam and secured by said line of stitching along one of its edges only to one of said members and secured at its ends respectively to the collar and to a. sleeve and a second line of stitching securing said members together and to one of said members in folded relation overlying said elastic strip.

NATHAN NEUMAN. 

